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Complete revisal of all the acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and use: together with the titles of all such laws as are obsolete, expired, or repealed: with marginal notes and references, and an exact table to the whole

L A J'V S of N O li T II - C A R O L I N A.
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Powder Money
to be applied J'or
building ic.
III. AND for defraying the Charges of buildiryg fueh Foft or Eatter)% Be it ^- ^- i
Enacted, hy the Authority ajorefaid, Tliat the Powder Money ah'eady paid to the
Naval Oiticcr of Pore Brunjhv^ck, or to the CommiiTioneFs of Navigation of the faid
Port, fince the Sixth Day of March, One Thoiifand Seven Hundrtd and Thirty
Eight, by Virtue of an Act of Alfembly, intituled, An Act for facilitating the Na-
'vi^'ction of the feveral Ports of this Province, and for buoying and beaconing the Channels
leading from Ocacock Inlet to Edenton, Bath "Town, and Newbern, and from Topfail
Inlet to Beaufort Toivn, and other Ports and Inlets within the faid Province herein rr.en-tioned,
and for providing fufficient Pilots, for the fafe ConduB of Veffels ; and all Povv^dcr
Money which fnall hereafter arife by Vefiels coming into the faid Port of Brimfzvich,
HiaII be applied, by the Commiflioners aforefaid, or the Majority of them (after
deducing a Sum fufficient for finifhing the porting and flaking out the Channel
between Brunfivick and Wilmington, not exceeding the Sum of Fifteen Pounds, Pro-clamation
Money) to the Charge of building and erefting the faid Fortification as
aforef\id, and to no other Purpofe or Ufe whatfoever; any Thing in the laid A6t,
to the contrary, notv/ithftanding.
IV. AND be it further Enacted, by the /Authority aforefaid. That the feveral NjvjI officer to
Naval OfBcers of the Port of Brunfivick, or other Perfons, who have any of the "cZZZLT
Powder Money, of or belonging to the (aid Port, in their Hands ; and the Naval f^r aii I'owder
Officer who lli-iU hereafter receive any Powder Money of or for that Port, fhall,
'^'""^y*
when called upon by the aforefaid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them, appear
before them, and fettle their Account, upon Oath, and pay to the faid CommifTi-oners,
or the Majority of them, or their Order, all fuch Sum and Sums of Money
already received, or which fhall hereafter be received by him or them ; and a Receipt-under
the Hands of the faid Commiffioners, or their Ofder, fhall be a fufficient
Difcharge to the faid Officer, for fuch Sum or Sums of Money fo paid.
Njva!Offifcr,&cJ
n?glcft.ng to pay
fuch Money, W
V. AND be it further Enacted, hy the Authority aforefaid. That if any fuch
Perfon or Perfons, who have already received any Powder Money as afore mention-ed,
or who hath any fuch Money in his Hands, or who hereafter fhall receive any foifeit4oi
fuch Money, ffiall, upon due Notice given, refufe to appear to account, upon
Oath, and pay the Money due from him or them, he or they fo refufing or neg-lefting,
ffiall forfeit the Sum of Forty Pounds, Proclamation Money , to be reco-vered
by the Commiffioners, or the Majority of them, by Aftion of Debt, Bill,
Plaint, or Information, in the General Court of this Province, wherein no Proteftion,
Injundion, or Wager of Law, ffiall be allowed or admitted of, and applied towards
building the faid Fort ; and ffiall be alfo liable to an Adion for all ilich Sums of
Money as are in his or their Hands, at the Suit of the Commiffioners aforefaid, or
the major Part of them.
VI. AND be it further EnaBed, hy the Authority aforefaid. That if any one or
more of the Commiffioners before mentioned, ffiall die, or remove out of this Pro-vince,
or refufe to aft, that in fuch Cafe it ffiall and may be lawful for the Majority
of the remaining Commiffioners, to recommend double the Number of the Perfon
or Perfons fo dying, leaving the Province, or refufing to aft, to his Excellency the
Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time bemg, out of which he is hereby
impowered to appoint one or more Commiffioners, to aft in the Room of fuch fo
dying, leaving the Province, or refufing to aft, as aforefaid : And fucii Commiffi-oner
or Commiffioners fo appointed, ffiall have the fame Power and Authority as
any other Commiffioner or Commiflioners have, or ought to have, by Virtue of
this Act.
Numberof Corti-milfioners
to be
kept up.
VII, AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Com*-
miffioners herein before nominated and appointed, are hereby compelled to lay their
Accounts before the Governor, Council, and General Aflembly of this Province,
for all fuch Sum or Sums of Money as they ffiall, from Time to Time, receive by
Virtue of this Act,
VIIT. AND
Comminiiners to
lay their Ac-counts
before the
Governor, &c.

L A J'V S of N O li T II - C A R O L I N A.
^5-
Powder Money
to be applied J'or
building ic.
III. AND for defraying the Charges of buildiryg fueh Foft or Eatter)% Be it ^- ^- i
Enacted, hy the Authority ajorefaid, Tliat the Powder Money ah'eady paid to the
Naval Oiticcr of Pore Brunjhv^ck, or to the CommiiTioneFs of Navigation of the faid
Port, fince the Sixth Day of March, One Thoiifand Seven Hundrtd and Thirty
Eight, by Virtue of an Act of Alfembly, intituled, An Act for facilitating the Na-
'vi^'ction of the feveral Ports of this Province, and for buoying and beaconing the Channels
leading from Ocacock Inlet to Edenton, Bath "Town, and Newbern, and from Topfail
Inlet to Beaufort Toivn, and other Ports and Inlets within the faid Province herein rr.en-tioned,
and for providing fufficient Pilots, for the fafe ConduB of Veffels ; and all Povv^dcr
Money which fnall hereafter arife by Vefiels coming into the faid Port of Brimfzvich,
HiaII be applied, by the Commiflioners aforefaid, or the Majority of them (after
deducing a Sum fufficient for finifhing the porting and flaking out the Channel
between Brunfivick and Wilmington, not exceeding the Sum of Fifteen Pounds, Pro-clamation
Money) to the Charge of building and erefting the faid Fortification as
aforef\id, and to no other Purpofe or Ufe whatfoever; any Thing in the laid A6t,
to the contrary, notv/ithftanding.
IV. AND be it further Enacted, by the /Authority aforefaid. That the feveral NjvjI officer to
Naval OfBcers of the Port of Brunfivick, or other Perfons, who have any of the "cZZZLT
Powder Money, of or belonging to the (aid Port, in their Hands ; and the Naval f^r aii I'owder
Officer who lli-iU hereafter receive any Powder Money of or for that Port, fhall,
'^'""^y*
when called upon by the aforefaid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them, appear
before them, and fettle their Account, upon Oath, and pay to the faid CommifTi-oners,
or the Majority of them, or their Order, all fuch Sum and Sums of Money
already received, or which fhall hereafter be received by him or them ; and a Receipt-under
the Hands of the faid Commiffioners, or their Ofder, fhall be a fufficient
Difcharge to the faid Officer, for fuch Sum or Sums of Money fo paid.
Njva!Offifcr,&cJ
n?glcft.ng to pay
fuch Money, W
V. AND be it further Enacted, hy the Authority aforefaid. That if any fuch
Perfon or Perfons, who have already received any Powder Money as afore mention-ed,
or who hath any fuch Money in his Hands, or who hereafter fhall receive any foifeit4oi
fuch Money, ffiall, upon due Notice given, refufe to appear to account, upon
Oath, and pay the Money due from him or them, he or they fo refufing or neg-lefting,
ffiall forfeit the Sum of Forty Pounds, Proclamation Money , to be reco-vered
by the Commiffioners, or the Majority of them, by Aftion of Debt, Bill,
Plaint, or Information, in the General Court of this Province, wherein no Proteftion,
Injundion, or Wager of Law, ffiall be allowed or admitted of, and applied towards
building the faid Fort ; and ffiall be alfo liable to an Adion for all ilich Sums of
Money as are in his or their Hands, at the Suit of the Commiffioners aforefaid, or
the major Part of them.
VI. AND be it further EnaBed, hy the Authority aforefaid. That if any one or
more of the Commiffioners before mentioned, ffiall die, or remove out of this Pro-vince,
or refufe to aft, that in fuch Cafe it ffiall and may be lawful for the Majority
of the remaining Commiffioners, to recommend double the Number of the Perfon
or Perfons fo dying, leaving the Province, or refufing to aft, to his Excellency the
Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time bemg, out of which he is hereby
impowered to appoint one or more Commiffioners, to aft in the Room of fuch fo
dying, leaving the Province, or refufing to aft, as aforefaid : And fucii Commiffi-oner
or Commiffioners fo appointed, ffiall have the fame Power and Authority as
any other Commiffioner or Commiflioners have, or ought to have, by Virtue of
this Act.
Numberof Corti-milfioners
to be
kept up.
VII, AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Com*-
miffioners herein before nominated and appointed, are hereby compelled to lay their
Accounts before the Governor, Council, and General Aflembly of this Province,
for all fuch Sum or Sums of Money as they ffiall, from Time to Time, receive by
Virtue of this Act,
VIIT. AND
Comminiiners to
lay their Ac-counts
before the
Governor, &c.